S.Korean drone exports quadruple from goal

S.Korean drone exports quadruple from goal

South Korean drone exports surged to $1.11 million in 2023, exceeding the government's target by more than four times, fueled by strong demand for d...

Poultry processor Harim to buy Korean top sea carrier HMM for $5 bn

Poultry processor Harim to buy Korean top sea carrier HMM for $5 bn

South Korea’s leading poultry processor Harim Group is set to acquire the country’s No. 1 sea flag carrier HMM Co. for about 6.4 trillio...

SUVs: Name of the game in 2023 South Korean auto market

SUVs: Name of the game in 2023 South Korean auto market

Back in the 1970s, when simply having a car was a status symbol in South Korea, a four-door passenger sedan was the car of choice. And Hyundai Motor...

ToolGen gets FDA approval for TGT-001 as ODD

ToolGen gets FDA approval for TGT-001 as ODD

South Korean genome editing developer ToolGen Inc. announced on Monday that its application for orphan drug designation (ODD) of the gene correction...

NCSOFT, Obigo to jointly develop car AI services

NCSOFT, Obigo to jointly develop car AI services

South Korea's major game developer and publisher NCSOFT Corp. announced on Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the domest...

LG Innotek develops wireless BMS for EVs

LG Innotek develops wireless BMS for EVs

South Korean electronic parts maker LG Innotek announced on Sunday that it developed a cutting-edge wireless battery management system (BMS), a cr...

GC Biopharma gets FDA approval for Alyglo

GC Biopharma gets FDA approval for Alyglo

South Korea’s GC Biopharma Corp. announced on Monday that it received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the immuno...

Lotte extends Brisbane Airport duty-free shop operations until 2034

Lotte extends Brisbane Airport duty-free shop operations until 2034

Lotte Duty Free, South Korea’s largest duty-free business operator, said on Sunday it has extended its operating rights for a duty-free shop a...

Kolon Industries to downsize industrial film business amid weak demand

Kolon Industries to downsize industrial film business amid weak demand

Kolon Industries Inc., a South Korean chemical and textile manufacturer, is downsizing its industrial film business amid weak demand and growing com...

Korean overseas direct investment at 2 1/2-year low in Q3

Korean overseas direct investment at 2 1/2-year low in Q3

South Korea’s direct investment in other countries fell for a fourth straight quarter to its smallest level in two and a half years, despite a...

Hanwha Systems to develop swift, accurate mine detection tech

Hanwha Systems to develop swift, accurate mine detection tech

South Korea's Hanwha Systems Co. is set to embark on the development of a mine detection system using big data and artificial intelligence (AI) tech...

Fried chicken chain bhc to enter Thailand in 2024

Fried chicken chain bhc to enter Thailand in 2024

South Korea’s No. 2 fried chicken brand bhc Group announced on Thursday that it signed a master franchise agreement with Thailand’s Me...

Korea's NPS taps Jun Ahn as real estate investment head

Korea's NPS taps Jun Ahn as real estate investment head

National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea, the world’s third-largest pension fund, appointed Jun Ahn (Ahn Jun-sang) as its real estate inv...

Doosan Robotics to expand cobot business in Europe

Doosan Robotics to expand cobot business in Europe

Doosan Robotics Inc., the robot-developing unit of South Korea’s Doosan Group, will supply collaborative robots to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol ...

SK Telecom launches AI-based phone interpreting service

SK Telecom launches AI-based phone interpreting service

South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. has launched an artificial intelligence-based telephone interpreting service in real-time for ...

NCSOFT included in DJSI Asia Pacific Index

NCSOFT included in DJSI Asia Pacific Index

South Korea’s major game developer and publisher NCSOFT Corp. announced on Thursday that it was listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia/...

Lunit acquires NZ-based AI diagnostics firm Volpara

Lunit acquires NZ-based AI diagnostics firm Volpara

South Korean medical AI company Lunit announced on Thursday that it will acquire New Zealand-based AI breast cancer diagnostics solutions company Vo...

CJ Foodville attracts $54 mn investment from Arges PE

CJ Foodville attracts $54 mn investment from Arges PE

CJ Foodville, the food service subsidiary of South Korea's CJ Group and the operator of bakery brand Tous les Jours announced on Thursday that it at...

Kia to unveil new PBV lineup at CES 2024

Kia to unveil new PBV lineup at CES 2024

Kia Corp. announced on Thursday that it plans to participate in the world’s biggest consumer technology trade show CES. The company will ret...

Korea’s top dollar store chain Daiso buys out Japanese shareholder

Korea’s top dollar store chain Daiso buys out Japanese shareholder

South Korea’s AsungHMP Co. has bought a 34.2% stake in Asungdaiso Corp., which operates the country’s top dollar store chain Daiso, from...

IT device recovery to power Korean parts makers in 2024

IT device recovery to power Korean parts makers in 2024

Global sales of consumer information technology electronics such as smartphones, PCs and TVs are expected to rebound in 2024, fueling hopes of an ea...

Samsung C&T to join Oman's green ammonia project

Samsung C&T to join Oman's green ammonia project

South Korea’s Samsung C&T Corp. announced on Wednesday it will participate in the Salalah H2 green ammonia project in Oman, a major init...

DL E&C, KBR to co-work for SAF project

DL E&C, KBR to co-work for SAF project

South Korea’s DL E&C Co. announced on Wednesday that it signed a feasibility study contract with Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) Inc., the ...

Cho Yang-rai to fight back in MBK Partners’ bid to acquire Hankook Tire

Cho Yang-rai to fight back in MBK Partners’ bid to acquire Hankook Tire

Cho Yang-rai, honorary chairman of Hankook & Company Co., has vowed to fight MBK Partners Ltd.’s bid to take over the holding company of S...

Korean shipbuilders shrug off concerns over lower new ship prices

Korean shipbuilders shrug off concerns over lower new ship prices

South Korean shipbuilders shrugged off concerns of an industry peak-out boosted by the first fall of new vessel prices in 45 weeks and lower used sh...

HK inno.N reveals differentiated clinical results for K-CAB

HK inno.N reveals differentiated clinical results for K-CAB

South Korean bio-health company HK inno.N has been expanding its market by steadily announcing differentiated clinical results for its gastroesophag...

HYBE ranks fifth in global tour revenue in 2023

HYBE ranks fifth in global tour revenue in 2023

The global tour revenue of HYBE Co., home to BTS and Seventeen, reached 250 billion won ($190 million) over the year.According to Hybe on Tuesday, t...

US regulations push Korean battery industry to cut reliance on China

US regulations push Korean battery industry to cut reliance on China

The South Korean battery industry is facing pressure to cut its reliance on Chinese capital as the US government on Dec. 1 issued guidance that will...

Mirae Asset acquires Indian brokerage firm Sharekhan for $360 million

Mirae Asset acquires Indian brokerage firm Sharekhan for $360 million

South Korea’s leading asset manager Mirae Asset Financial Group has acquired Sharekhan Ltd., India’s 10th-largest brokerage firm, to enh...

POSCO Future M included in DJSI Asia Pacific Index

POSCO Future M included in DJSI Asia Pacific Index

South Korea’s battery materials maker POSCO Future M Co. announced on Tuesday that it was listed on Dow Jones Sustainability Asia/Pacific In...

HYBE Chair Bang referred to prosecutors over alleged unfair trading Vietnam’s top leader to make 1st South Korea visit in 11 years Test case looms for Korea’s revised Commercial Act as VIP Asset challenges Lotte Rental’s rights issue to Affinity HYBE sparks summer vibes with BTS live album, TXT comeback, new boy band launch K-beauty contract manufacturers see record Q2 profits; rally likely to continue